Clinical Infectious Disease Program

Keeping our communities healthy

Maintaining the health of our population means making infectious disease a priority. The Division of Infectious Diseases partners with a number of organizations in an effort to maintain this focus, including:

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII)

IWK Health Centre

Capital Health

The division strives to help patients with severe or complex acquired infections, including HIV, by providing inpatient consultations and outpatient care for HIV-infected patients. The division is also expanding their involvement in the care of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infected patients. They’re directly involved with the community through their walk-in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic.

The Division of Infectious Disease spends more than 25% of their time on research. This investment allows them to develop a better understanding of: